Question

【題目】 There was a person called Sun Shan in the Song Dynasty. One year, he left his hometown for the national examination, and a countryman asked his son to go with Sun Shan. On the day the___________ came out, Sun Shan found that his name came last on the list of the successful students. The son of his countryman___________, became very upset and asked Sun Shan to return first.

After returning home, Sun Shan's neighbors all came to congratulate(祝賀）him on his success.The countryman asked Sun Shan_______________his son had also passed the examination.

Sun Shan didn't give a___________ answer, but replied humorously, "Sun Shan was the last on the list.Your son came___________Sun Shan." That is to say, the countryman's son failed the examination.

Now, the saying "fall behind Sun Shan" is used to talk about one's failure in an examination or a competition.

【1】A.licenseB.teacherC.resultD.course

【2】A.agreedB.remainedC.caredD.failed

【3】A.whetherB.whenC.howD.why

【4】A.cleverB.directC.politeD.general

【5】A.beforeB.withC.withoutD.after

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】D

【3】A

【4】B

【5】D

【解析】

文章大意：文章講述的是成語“名落孫山”的故事，現(xiàn)在，這個成員被用來指人在考試或競賽中的失敗。

【1】句意：結果出來的那天。

license許可證；teacher老師；result結果；course課程，根據(jù)后文“Sun Shan found that his name came last on the list of the successful students”可知，應該是結果出來的那天，故選C。

【2】句意：他同鄉(xiāng)的兒子失敗了。

agreed同意；remained仍然是；cared在意；failed失敗，根據(jù)后文“became very upset and asked Sun Shan to return first”可知，應該是失敗了，故選D。

【3】句意：鄉(xiāng)親問孫山，他的兒子是否也通過了考試。

Whether是否；when什么時候；how怎樣；why為什么，根據(jù)所給空前面的asked和后文“his son had also passed the examination”可知，應該是是否，故選A。

【4】句意：孫山?jīng)]有直接回答，而是幽默地回答。

clever聰明的；direct直接的；polite有禮貌的；general一般的，根據(jù)后文“but replied humorously”可知，應該是直接回答，故選B。

【5】句意：你兒子在孫山后面。

before在……之前；with帶有；without沒有；after在……之后，根據(jù)后文“That is to say, the countryman's son failed the examination”可知，應該是在孫山后面，故選D。